{{short description|1982 jazz album by Red Rodney and Ira Sullivan}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Spirit Within | type = Album | artist = Red Rodney and Ira Sullivan | cover = Spirit Within.jpg | alt = | released = 1982 | recorded = September 21–24, 1981 | venue = | studio = CBS Studios, New York | genre = Jazz | length = 37:30 | label = Elektra/Musician<br />{{small|E1-60020}} | producer = Mike Berniker | chronology = Red Rodney | prev_title = Night and Day | prev_year = 1981 | next_title = Sprint | next_year = 1982 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Ira Sullivan | type = Album | prev_title = Ira Sullivan Does It All | prev_year = 1981 | title = Spirit Within | year = 1982 | next_title = Sprint | next_year = 1983 }} }}
'''''Spirit Within''''' is an album by trumpeter Red Rodney and multi-instrumentalist Ira Sullivan which was recorded and released on the Elektra/Musician label in 1982.<ref>[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Elektra_Musician.htm Jazzlists: Elektra Musician LP discography] accessed September 27, 2017</ref><ref>[http://www.bsnpubs.com/elektra/elektra60000.html Elektra/Asylum Album Discography, Part 8: Consolidated 60000 Series (1982- )], accessed September 27, 2017</ref><ref>[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Sullivan/is-disc.htm Ira Sullivan discography], accessed September 27, 2017</ref>
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic" /> }} The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "By the time of their fifth record, the Red Rodney-Ira Sullivan Quintet also included pianist Garry Dial, bassist Jay Anderson and drummer Steve Bagby, and it was a perfect vehicle for the co-leaders. Rodney was challenged by the advanced material, and underground legend Sullivan received more exposure than he had ever had in his career. On this LP, Sullivan inspired Rodney to some of his finest playing. Superior post-bop music".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000803170 |title= Red Rodney/Ira Sullivan: ''Spirit Within'' – Review |accessdate=September 27, 2017}}</ref>
==Track listing== All compositions by Garry Dial except where noted. # "Sophisticated Yenta" – 5:55 # "King of France" – 5:21 # "Spirit Within" – 7:46 # "Island Song" – 6:05 # "Monday's Dance" (Ira Sullivan) – 5:48 # "Crescent City" (Jeff Meyer) – 6:35
==Personnel== *Red Rodney – trumpet, flugelhorn *Ira Sullivan - flute, soprano saxophone, flugelhorn, percussion *Garry Dial – piano *Jay Anderson – bass *Steve Bagby – drums, percussion
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Category:Elektra/Musician albums Category:Red Rodney albums Category:Ira Sullivan albums Category:1982 albums Category:Albums produced by Mike Berniker